minimum wage

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A year ago Mayor Karen Bass signed an ordinance raising the city’s minimum wage for hotel workers to $30 an hour in July 2028—timed to coincide with the L.A.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

When business leaders were frustrated over the passage of a $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, Bass brokered a meeting with them and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, he said in December.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

But he said too many carers across the country were not being paid for their travel time and this risked pushing their hourly rate below the national minimum wage.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

He has also promised to build on Petro's legacy of increasing the minimum wage, raising education spending and transferring land to poor communities.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

She worked at a fast-food restaurant, rising to assistant manager but never making much more than minimum wage.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times